Improvement in hand corn-planters



D. H. HOWELL.

Hand-Seeder.

No. 52.171. Patented Jan. 23. 1866.

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AM. PHOTO-LITHO. CO. N.Y. (OSBURNE'E PROCESS) UNITED STATES PATENTQFFICE.

D. H. HOWELL, OF INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52, E711, dated January23, 1866,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, D. -H. HOWELL, of Independence, in the county ofBuchanan and State of Iowa, have invented a new and ImprovedCorn-Dropper; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledit the art to make and use the same, refe. ance being had to theaccompanyin g drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a side sectional viewof my invention; Fig. 2, a plan or topview of the same; and Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of the same,taken in the line w m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved hand corn-dropper and itconsists in the employment or use of the seed-conveyin tubes arrangedwith seed-boxes and a seeddistributing device, and all constructed insuch a manner that the device may be manipulated with the greatestfacility and the rows of corn planted simultaneously.

AA represent two seed-conveying tubes, the upper ends of which areattached to and communicate with a box, B, which has a central pendentpartition, 0, extending nearly down to its bottom, a space, a, beingallowed underneath to admit of a communication between the two parts I)Z). (See Fig. 1.) The bottoms of the parts I), where they join the tubesA, are of concave form, and to the side of the box B there is-attached ahopper or box, D, which has an opening, a, at its lower part, in linewith the partition 0. The corn is placed in the box D, and passestherefrom nto the two compartments or parts b b of the box B through theopening 0.

E E are two shafts, which are each provided with two cranks, d d, hating reverse positions. The cranks d of these shafts are at the outerside of the box B, and are provided with handles F, while the cranks dare within the compartments 1) b of the box B, and are provided withseed-cups G, each of which has a sliding partition, 6, by which thecapacity of the cups may be regulated, as desired. (See Fig. 1.) Theseseed-cups G are moved in the arcs of circles and in line with the upperends of the tubes A A, and they are thus moved by the operator workingthe handles F, or rather the shafts E E,the cranks d d of which causethe cups to be moved down when the handles are raised, and moved up whenthe handles are moved down.

The operation is as follows: The box D being supplied with corn, whichpasses therefrom into the compartments 1) b of the box B. the operatortakes hold of the handles F l and raises the device, the cups G G beingthereby moved down into the corn, where they become filled. The deviceis then lowered until the lower ends of the tubes A Acome in contactwith the ground, the handles F being pressed down and causing the filledbuckets to rise and deposit their contents into the upper ends of thetubes A A, which convey it to the earth.

The lower ends of the tubes A A are made of flaring form, as shown atf,to admit of the corn scattering as it strikes the earth.

When the device is again raised the cups G are turned down and becomefilled, and turned up again, and their contents discharged into thetubes A, when the device is placed upon the earth for the succeedingdropping.

This device may be manipulated with the greatest facility, and, as tworows are planted simultaneously, the work is expeditiously performed.

Having thusdescribed my invention, l claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The reverse cranks d don the shaftsE E, provided,respectively,\vith the cups G and handles F, and arranged substantiallyas shown, with the box B, having the seed-conveying tubes A A attached,to operate in the manner as and for the purpose set forth.

D. H. HOWELL.

Witnesses:

J. S. WooDwARD, WM. H. J OSLIN.

